Thirteen-year-old Jessie Wheller is a girl who knows her heart and will do everything that she can to follow it. With her Newfoundland pony, Raven, and Newfoundland dog, Blizzard, Jessie is never at a loss for faithful companions. Jessie's grandmother is always pushing her to be a "lady," but if being a lady means leading a life without adventure, Jessie will have none of it. When Jessie realizes that a little girl named Clara is being neglected, Jessie knows that she has to help. And when Jessie discovers a herd of wild ponies captured in the woods, she knows that she and her friends must come to the rescue. But going head-to-head against the town's bully to save Clara and the ponies is no small feat, and Jessie will need more than just a little bit of luck. The rugged shores of Newfoundland in 1965 set the scene for award-winning author Joan Hiatt Harlow's tale of a girl and her boundless affection for ponies.

When Josie, who lives on a farm outside a small town in Canada in 1918 and has never even seen an airplane, reads about a female pilot, she dreams about being able to fly. By the author of Ticket to Curlew. Reprint.

In rural Quebec in the 1830s, Jenny is hired to help a family by cooking and cleaning after her predecessor, the beloved Emily, has died, but Jenny is mysteriously prevented from completing one of her chores.

A humorous series of seven linked short stories depicts key events in the life of Eric Anderson, a Saskatchewan farm boy, in 1964--the year he turned sixteen. Reprint. (view table of contents)

When a boy and his father help the powerful and usually unfriendly Mr. Richard clear a field of stones, the father--a farmer who owes Mr. Richard money--has his debt forgiven.

Depicts key events in the life of Eric Anderson, a Saskatchewan farm boy, in 1964 and 1965, the year he turns sixteen.

In 1915 eleven-year-old Sam and his father arrive in an undeveloped part of western Canada and begin to plan a new farm for the family waiting back in Iowa.

Product Description: Depression-era work by the Canadian novelist tells a story of the resilience and imagination of a young boy in Alberta.

Product Description: Maybe it's just bad luck, but ten-year-old James cannot seem to keep out from under his Grampa's feet. It's not just the color of his hair, which has gained him the nickname Alkali from the white crust that is the ruination of fertile soil...read more